“The conditions in Krachie are just like in the north [of the country]. So if in the north you normally have such cases around this time of the year, then it is not out of place to have a case like this in Krachie West”, he said.

He said the Ghana Health Service in the region has been on high alert since the outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis in the Northern Region.

“We just called back all the disease control officers in the district to move to this community where the case is suspected to have come from and then try to screen people for observation,” Dr Teye-Nuertey told Joy News.